< 1151366439 0 :ihope_!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :ihope < 1151371634 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1151371682 0 :calamari!n=calamari@ip68-231-173-86.tc.ph.cox.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151372098 0 :Sgeo!n=Sgeo@ool-18bf61f7.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151373379 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1151373839 0 :Sgeo!n=Sgeo@ool-18bf61f7.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151374219 0 :tokigun!i=tokigun@sparcs45.kaist.ac.kr JOIN :#esoteric < 1151375259 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :BRB all, trying the system w/o the evil ntfsprogs < 1151375543 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :If there were a point thingy for killing the chat here, I'd have won the jackpot just now. < 1151375608 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Ex-Chat" < 1151375938 0 :Sgeo!n=Sgeo@ool-18bf61f7.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151376547 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Ex-Chat" < 1151376884 0 :Sgeo!n=Sgeo@ool-18bf61f7.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151380186 0 :poiuy_qwert!i=poiuyqwe@Toronto-HSE-ppp3697688.sympatico.ca JOIN :#esoteric < 1151381772 0 :poiuy_qwert`!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1151382829 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1151382856 0 :bsmntbombdood!n=gavin@unaffiliated/bsmntbombdood JOIN :#esoteric < 1151384915 0 :Arrogant!i=Scott@108.orlando-09-10rs.fl.dial-access.att.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151386026 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Ex-Chat" < 1151386799 0 :sedimin!n=juraj@gateway04.isper.sk JOIN :#esoteric < 1151386802 0 :sedimin!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hi there < 1151387049 0 :Arrogant!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Hey. < 1151387107 0 :sedimin!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :how are things doing? < 1151387358 0 :Arrogant!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Frustratingly. < 1151387359 0 :Arrogant!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :You? < 1151387396 0 :sedimin!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Hm, quite fast, not as I would wish < 1151387426 0 :sedimin!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :gotta do loads of things at one time ;) < 1151387668 0 :Arrogant!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :>< < 1151391523 0 :sedimin!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1151392443 0 :calamari!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Leaving" < 1151395199 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :ended < 1151395200 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid JOIN :#esoteric < 1151399992 0 :CXI!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Success < 1151400500 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"all your basment are belong to bsmntbombdood" < 1151400582 0 :CXI!n=Sanity@dialup-227.89.221.203.acc50-kent-syd.comindico.com.au JOIN :#esoteric < 1151402264 0 :sedimin!n=juraj@gateway04.isper.sk JOIN :#esoteric < 1151404283 0 :Arrogant!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Leaving" < 1151406557 0 :sedimin!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1151409382 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Is it easy to compile Bag into Thue, or vise versa? < 1151410173 0 :Sgeo!n=Sgeo@ool-18bf61f7.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151411056 0 :Sgeo!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Ex-Chat" < 1151413064 0 :tgwizard!n=tgwizard@c-e43ee155.178-1-64736c10.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se JOIN :#esoteric < 1151414867 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Ugh. < 1151414899 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I think it's not horribly hard to compile Fractran into Thue. < 1151416534 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I mean, they're very similar in operation, except that in Thue the order of the items matter < 1151416564 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Ah, right. < 1151416570 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :which means you can't convert 666 into 232323 and have it mean the same as 222333 < 1151416587 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but I've not tried, so I'm not sure if that is an obstacle or not < 1151416619 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Well, you could have some rules to scramble your primes around... then again, rules in Fractran have to work in a given order. < 1151416657 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hmm < 1151416663 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :perhaps it's not so easy after all < 1151416704 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh, there are ways to do it. < 1151416716 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hmm yes < 1151416737 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Just have a field of stars, representing the current number. < 1151416765 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :how do you check the division then? < 1151416770 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'd imagine having a symbol per prime < 1151416781 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and just replace a set of primes with another < 1151416795 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :You emit a bubble that runs through the field of stars, applying the first fraction. If it fails, go back, and undo what you've done. If it succeeds, go back, but don't undo. < 1151416806 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :well that's fairly complex < 1151416813 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Not really. < 1151416823 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's more complex than what I had imagined < 1151416844 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I mean, you're just transmuting primes, no need to care about what the product is < 1151416899 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Suppose you have ***** as your string, and you want to apply the fraction 3/5. Just stick a bubble on there to get "%*****", which turns into "***%", which turns into "***S", into "**S*", into "*S**", into "S***". < 1151416906 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the rule 15/14 for instance, says to convert 2 7 to 3 5 < 1151416928 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Yes, but the 2 and the 7 might be anywhere in your string. < 1151416935 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :yes I realize how you do it, but it'd be terribly slow, compared to just transmuting the primes directly; especially if you have a lot of primes < 1151416939 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :indeed < 1151416951 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but is there no simple way to sort it? < 1151416953 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I guess it's still easy enough. < 1151416985 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Just have your bubble look for a 2, and for a 7, but not necessarily next to each other. < 1151417029 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I mean, if we're talking 2*3*5*7*9*11, and we're applying the program 64/15 9/2 81/3 21/11 < 1151417039 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :We could use {15/14} for the bubble, and [2] and [7] for the stuff it goes through. < 1151417040 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the field of stars would be humongous < 1151417046 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and you'd be backtracking a *lot* < 1151417105 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :If it finds a [2], it deletes it and turns into {15/7}, and if it finds a 7, it deletes it and turns into {15/2}, and if either of those then finds the other, it'll delete it and turn into [3][5]. < 1151417148 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION nods
< 1151417152 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :If it can't find an appropriate number in the whole string, it spits out the numbers it's eaten and goes back home, indicating failure in some way. < 1151417882 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :good idea < 1151418481 0 :CXI!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Connection timed out < 1151422992 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :you can tell my job is interesting < 1151423002 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION heads home
< 1151423026 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :W_work: what is your job < 1151423028 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :? < 1151423055 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm an all-purpose programmer for a telco here in Norway < 1151423077 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :but today has gone to debugging hardware < 1151423134 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :my job IS actually quite interesting, I just wanted to pretend I have an excuse for my procrastination < 1151423146 0 :W_work!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION really heads home
< 1151423921 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :heh < 1151426045 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Uh? < 1151426080 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Oh. < 1151428245 0 :_W_!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and it turned out to be a software problem after all < 1151431277 0 :calamari!n=calamari@ip68-231-173-86.tc.ph.cox.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151432016 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Chav n. -- A minion of Asbodeus < 1151432018 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric ::-) < 1151432035 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :a rather British joke < 1151432115 0 :calamari!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hi < 1151433439 0 :SimonRC!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hi < 1151434530 0 :CXI!n=Sanity@dialup-155.89.221.203.acc50-kent-syd.comindico.com.au JOIN :#esoteric < 1151434679 0 :Sgeo!n=Sgeo@ool-18bf61f7.dyn.optonline.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151435853 0 :ihope_!n=foo@c-71-205-100-59.hsd1.mi.comcast.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151436359 0 :bsmntbombdood!n=gavin@unaffiliated/bsmntbombdood JOIN :#esoteric < 1151436889 0 :ihope!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1151437358 0 :sekhmet!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer) < 1151438773 0 :sekhmet!n=pez@ppp-70-226-150-129.dsl.mdsnwi.ameritech.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1151438831 0 :sedimin!n=juraj@gateway04.isper.sk JOIN :#esoteric < 1151440154 0 :calamari!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Leaving" < 1151440406 0 :sedimin_!n=juraj@gateway04.isper.sk JOIN :#esoteric < 1151440843 0 :sedimin!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1151444114 0 :sedimin_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 113 (No route to host) < 1151445260 0 :ihope_!unknown@unknown.invalid NICK :ihope < 1151447477 0 :bsmntbombdood!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Connection timed out < 1151448327 0 :bsmntbombdood!n=gavin@unaffiliated/bsmntbombdood JOIN :#esoteric < 1151448604 0 :_coder_!n=_coder__@user-12l2j6u.cable.mindspring.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1151448829 0 :_coder_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Client Quit < 1151449999 0 :_coder_!n=_coder__@user-12l2j6u.cable.mindspring.com JOIN :#esoteric < 1151450318 0 :tgwizard!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"goodnight" < 1151450402 0 :_coder_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Leaving"